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29 04, 2021

Global Aviation Safety Campaign Targets ‘Bunch of Garbage’ to Ease Pilot Overload

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When it came time to land at San Francisco on July 7, 2017, the pilots of an Air Canada jet could not recall a critical piece of information buried on page eight of a 27-page briefing package: the closure of …

29 04, 2021

EPA to Investigate U.S. Virgin Islands Refinery Incidents

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to send experts and staff to a recently reopened U.S. Caribbean refinery as soon as this week to conduct an investigation, the agency said in a Tuesday statement after some residents said an …

29 04, 2021

Unhappy Investor Caltagirone to Snub Generali Meeting

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MILAN – Leading Generali investor Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone will snub its AGM on Thursday in the first public sign that the businessman is unhappy with the balance of power among shareholders, three sources close to the matter said. Tensions among …

28 04, 2021

Court Upends $6M Wisconsin Lead Paint Ruling But More Cases to Come

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Peter Earle has been fighting for child victims of lead paint poisoning for more than 20 years and he and his fellow lawyers for the cause are not about to let another legal setback affecting three cases keep him from …

28 04, 2021

EU Set to Approve Aon-Willis Merger; More Concessions Unlikely: Reuters

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Insurance broker Aon is set to gain conditional EU antitrust approval for its $30 billion bid for Willis Towers Watson without having to offer more concessions, people familiar with the matter said. Aon, which clinched the deal a year ago …

28 04, 2021

German Vaccine Maker Says Waivers for Vaccine Not Right Approach

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The granting of intellectual property waivers is not the right way to increase output of COVID-19 vaccines, the founder of German vaccine maker BioNTech said on Wednesday, advocating instead the award of production licenses. Such waivers are among the options …

28 04, 2021

Biden Administration Considering Intellectual Property Rights Waiver for COVID Vaccines

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The White House is considering options for maximizing global production and supply of COVID-19 vaccines at the lowest cost, including backing a proposed waiver of intellectual property rights, but no decision has been made, press secretary Jen Psaki said on …

28 04, 2021

P/C Insurance Firms Lead as Global Insurtech Investment Soars to $2.55B in Q1

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Global investment in the insurtech sector reached a new quarterly high of US$2.55 billion during the first quarter of 2021. The number of mega-rounds reached eight, more than any other three-month period, according to the new Quarterly InsurTech Briefing from …

27 04, 2021

EU Inquires About Gallagher, Other Buyers of Assets in Aon-Willis Deal

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BRUSSELS–EU antitrust regulators are asking Aon rivals and customers who is the best buyer for assets the insurance broker has offered to sell to address competition concerns about its $30 billion Willis Towers Watson bid, people familiar with the matter …

27 04, 2021

Bankers Call for More ‘Bang’ to Boost London’s Competitiveness

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LONDON — Shortly after Britain left the European Union, finance minister Rishi Sunak pledged a series of measures he dubbed “Big Bang 2.0” to ensure the City of London remained one of the world’s top financial centers. Four months on, …